Economy and Business
Fired for Organizing a Union
Last month Target fired Tashawna Green — but not for being bad at her job. They fired her, she says, for trying to make her job better. Green, a 21-year-old single mom, was the most public supporter of a campaign to unionize the workers at her Long Island, New York store. Before an unsuccessful union vote there, she told The New York Times and other media outlets about the challenge of supporting her daughter on $8 an hour and insufficient hours. Her photo appeared in several newspapers.
So You Think You Can be President?
In a country with a functional political system Rick Perry’s presidential candidacy would be laughed out of the room.
CEOs Rewarded for Corporate Tax Dodging
For an elite group of American CEOs, sacrifice is for chumps.
Apple’s Steve Jobs: Not Quite Henry Ford
Steve Jobs has the rare privilege of attending his own funeral. Who among us has not wanted to do that — to see who’s there, who’s not; who’s crying and who seems perfectly calm, even bored?
High-Wire CEO
Fracking the IRS
As the Super Congress eyes trillions in budget cuts that will undermine the quality of life for most Americans, here’s a stunning fact to contemplate: Twenty five hugely profitable U.S. companies paid their CEOs more last year than they paid Uncle Sam in taxes.
A Tip for Joe the Machinist: Watch Your Back
You work hard. You do good work. You loyally stick with your employer through good times and bad. Do you have a right to a paycheck that rises over time?
The Government Can and Should Help Create Jobs Now
Creating jobs isn’t cheap or easy. Not for the private sector and not for the public sector.
The Rich are Raking it in, so Where are the Jobs?
Ah, Labor Day, the holiday when we honor Organized Labor. You know, unions and stuff like that. Yes, there’ll be picnics and speeches detailing the enormous contribution unions make to our nation’s prosperity. Political candidates will extol the virtues of the American worker and…
Mass-Marketing Goes Platinum
In today’s fast-moving world of consumer styles, when you’re out, you’re out. Not just out-of-style, but so far out that you no longer interest the big marketers.
